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In Living Color?
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:51 pmby gothichyppie
I've noticed that there aren't many posts about In Living Color. There is lots of material in there and Jim's contribution to the show is one of the funniest things he's ever did. Ever since I've purchased the series, I've been wanting to discuss it but I've never had the chance. I mean what are your favorite sketches and such... How about it?
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:57 pmby JACK
i never saw these series i want to so much but i don't know where to get it !!!
most of teens like me didn't get the chance to catch that one !!!
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:06 pmby gothichyppie
Not only was I too young at the time but I didn't even understand English, there no way I could have seen it!
youtube is a nice substitute, plenty of videos available there!
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:15 pmby shamaho
his contribution to ILC is immeasurable, since in my opinion the Wayans Brothers just repeated themselves over and over again. Fire Marshall Bill and Vera DeMilo are timeless characters....definitely worth buying the DVDs to see the sketches. it's never too late to go back and catch them...!
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:20 pmby gothichyppie
If you look, you'll notice that Vera De Milo and Fire Marshall Bill are the characters that lasted for longuest period of time. Funny how the censors waited for the 10th sketch to stop Fire Marshall Bill, way to go!
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:32 pmby sprousefan23
Yeah, I check them out at the library all of the time! Then one day I did a few impresions of Fire Marshall Bill and a few people knew what I was doing and so came the nickname Fire Marshall Bailey! Every once in a while we create some skits off of that character and everyone wants me to preform them for the talent show. So I'm going to! Thanks to Jim for bringing me so much success in school, but not school work, that's Ben Franklyn's job!
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:51 amby Happygal
I just love Vera da Milo! I love doing impressions of her. I would expect Jim to do something like that, but then again, I wouldn't.
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:08 amby shamaho
YOU GO.....I'd love to live my life vicariously through you two for a couple of days...!!
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:22 pmby gothichyppie
My favorite Vera De Milo sketch is 'VeraCosa', that's just too funny!
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:10 pmby gothichyppie
Trying to keep the thread alive
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Jim played a great variety of characters and many times it was because he was actually the only white man in the cast. Jerry (Jehri) Lewis is a good example, I mean it was perfectly logical for Jim to play him but again, who else could have? I think this way of adapting himself to different parts, merely by default and doing an awesome job with it really shows the talent he has. What do you think?
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:29 pmby fluffy
i love the dysfuntional family sketch...where he plays the drunk old grandpa......lol.......
fluffy
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:25 pmby gothichyppie
fluffy wrote:i love the dysfuntional family sketch...where he plays the drunk old grandpa......lol.......
fluffy
My favorite bit from these sketches is when he does that annoyed face and hand gesture to the camera, I don't really know how to explain it, you know what I'm talking about! Jim based Jack this on his own grandfather, that's a bit sad.
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:55 pmby Guybrush Threepwood
Totally agree with you gothichyppie.
Does anyone else think that Dickie Peterson and the cable guy are pretty similar?
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:24 pmby gothichyppie
A young Cable Guy, definitely!
I also believe Marshall Fire Bill helped Jim get the part for The Mask, they both got that very cartoonish quality.
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:31 pmby sprousefan23
Ace probably helped too.
